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News June 2019
... checking into a queue at a LifeLabs patient service centre. Available for BC, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, the service can be accessed on ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
... physician burnout is more prevalent and more intense among BC physicians than it has been in the past, and it details ... of health.[ 4 ] Many initiatives are currently underway in BC through the implementation of patient medical homes and ... and remote: Gabriola Island Gabriola Community Health Centre patient medical home model The patient medical home ...
Obituaries / BY: Elizabeth J. Watt, MD March 2019
... sleep on 29 December 2018 at the age of 94 in Abbotsford, BC. He was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, (Victoria) ... the next 24 years traveling to UCC medical outposts from BC to Newfoundland negotiating the building of new hospitals ... in Vancouver, Don served on the boards of St. Michael’s Centre, Chalmers Lodge, St. Stephen’s United Church, and ...
News July/August 2019
Doctors of BC held its 2019 annual general meeting on Friday, 31 May, at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Doctors of BC’s annual awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 1 June, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2019
... effects.[ 18 , 22 ] A review from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction states that prenatal ... With legalization, consumption levels in Canada and BC are expected to rise. This is concerning because both ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... trying to access support services. Service delivery in BC is fragmented, with the health authorities and different ... [Toronto, Ontario], 7 July 2017). Literature review In BC before the 1990s, children with neurodevelopmental ... Memorial Hospital (Fraser Health), and the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health (Island Health). The ...
Obituaries / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC November 2019
... away in the ICU of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, on 23 February 2019 at the age of 75. It was ironic, but ... His political viewpoint was definitely to the right of centre. Dennis leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Robin; his ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Mo Kin Kwok, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP December 2019
... to the Canada Vigilance Program. We also contacted the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and learned that the provincial toxicology call ... N 2 O cases described in the literature, the calls made to BC DPIC, and news stories of misuse[ 9 ] all suggest that ...
Letters / BY: Reza Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD July/August 2019
The BC Medical Journal is always informative and appealing, ... poisonous mushroom, Amanita phalloides , is growing in BC” ( 2019;61:20-24 ). I am writing about the cover ... Afshari, MD, MPH, PhD Senior Scientist, Toxicology, BC Centre for Disease Control Adjunct Professor, School of ...
News December 2019
The BC Centre for Disease Control’s Drug and Poison Information Centre is urging British Columbians to use extreme caution ... cap mushroom, has been increasingly popping up throughout BC, including in Victoria and South Vancouver Island, the ...